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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE
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OMB Number: 3235-0006
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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 12-31-2020
Check here if Amendment    Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.):    is a restatement.
   adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: HighTower Advisors, LLC
Address: 200 W. MADISON ST.
SUITE 2500
CHICAGO, IL  60606
Form 13F File Number: 028-13510

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Timothy Woods
Title: Chief Compliance Officer
Phone: 312-962-3800
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Timothy Woods Chicago,  IL 02-09-2021
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
   13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
   13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
X 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
028-10562 AllianceBernstein
028-13991 Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC
028-14059 Alpine Investment Management
028-05119 Alta Capital Management, LLC
028-11962 AMI Asset Management Corporation
028-01880 Anchor Capital Advisors LLC
028-11964 Aperio Group LLC
028-11050 Apex Capital Management
028-02634 Aristotle Capital Management, LLC
028-12481 Ashfield Capital Partners, LLC
028-01162 Atalanta Sosnoff Capital, LLC
028-05936 Atlanta Capital Management Company LLC
028-02825 Bahl & Gaynor, Inc.
028-12016 BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
028-05620 Brandes Investment Partners
028-14438 Brookmont Capital Management, LLC
028-13997 Brown Advisory LLC
028-01398 Cambiar Investors, LLC
028-02903 Campbell Newman Asset Management, Inc.
028-15733 Capital Innovations, LLC
028-20298 Chandler Asset Management, Inc.
028-03434 Congress Asset Management Company
028-13023 Dana Investment Advisors
028-04121 Davis Selected Advisors, L.P.
028-05267 Delaware Management Business Trust
028-10309 DSM Capital Partners LLC
028-01666 Eagle Asset Management, Inc.
028-05269 Earnest Partners, LLC
028-04139 Eaton Vance Management
028-10606 Equity Investment Corp.
028-10991 Fayez Sarofim & Co.
028-04375 Federated Investment Counseling
028-00734 Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors, Inc.
028-00869 Fred Alger Management, Inc.
028-00126 Glenmede Investment Management
028-14929 Glovista Investments, LLC
028-04145 GW&K Investment Management, LLC
028-04434 Harding Loevner
028-02013 Harris Associates LP
028-01321 HGK Asset Management, Inc.
028-06986 Horizon Asset Management
028-12835 Horizon Investment Services
028-11246 Invesco Advisers, Inc.
028-16855 Isthmus Partners, LLC
028-00694 JP Morgan Investment Management Inc.
028-11445 Karpus Management
028-05792 Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC
028-03133 Kennedy Capital Management
028-10975 Laffer Investments Inc.
028-05358 Lateef Investment Management
028-10469 Lazard Asset Management, LLC
028-01701 Legg Mason Private Portfolio Group, LLC
028-00398 Loomis Sayles & Company, L.P.
028-00413 Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC
028-04057 M.D. Sass Investors Services, Inc.
028-03477 Madison Investment Advisors, Inc.
028-04968 MFS Investment Management
028-03692 Miller Howard Investments, Inc.
028-00288 Montag & Caldwell, LLC
028-00454 Neuberger Berman LLC
028-03871 Newgate Capital Management, LLC
028-13833 Nuance Investments, LLC
028-14498 Nuveen Asset Management, LLC
028-01474 NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC
028-12966 O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC
028-06668 Oak Ridge Investments, LLC
028-10952 Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
028-04558 Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC
028-03687 Polen Capital Management, LLC
028-01549 Principal Global Investors, LLC
028-04884 Renaissance Investment Management
028-14643 Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC
028-05655 Riverbridge Partners LLC
028-05621 Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC
028-04691 Schafer Cullen Capital Management
028-16000 Select Equity Group
028-05709 Shelton Capital Management
028-03489 SouthernSun Asset Management, LLC
028-16094 Stonebridge Advisors
028-10030 Strategy Asset Managers
028-06683 TCW Investment Management Company
028-10665 The London Company
028-05601 Thomas White International, Ltd.
028-04041 Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
028-06605 Thornburg Investment Management
028-04171 Todd Asset Management, LLC
028-06408 Vanguard
028-06354 Victory Capital Management
028-07292 Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
028-01347 W. H. Reaves & Co., Inc
028-18951 WAKEFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLLP
028-07104 WCM Investment Management
028-05973 Wedgewood Partners, Inc.
028-14868 Wellesley Asset Management, Inc.
028-11741 WestEnd Advisors, LLC
028-14230 Windhaven Investment Management, Inc.
028-03676 Winslow Capital Management, Inc.
Form 13F Summary Page
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 2,626
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 24,008,713
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.]
NONE